Duong Van Minh Quotes

Time will change who is in power.

To reverse and undo what has been done by a predecessor, is very often considered by a successor as the best proof he can give of his own capacity.

Paul Ryan's in for Paul Ryan.

The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.

Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.

I want to talk to these people because they stay in power and you change all the time.

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population.

Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.

Rulers come and go; governments end and forms of government change; but sovereignty survives.

History, indeed, records some very radical changes in the forms of government to which a state has been subjected without its interests being absolutely and permanently shipwrecked.

I am tired, I would like to rest, it’s time for the country to be ruled by younger leaders.

You are afraid of the one, I, of the few.... You are apprehensive of monarchy, I, of aristocracy.

History is full of changings of the guard—some for the better, some for the worse.

The people who own the country are now going to get to run it.

American democracy is at its best in its talent for the transfer for power.

Arab governments, at the end of the day, care most about remaining in power.

Any plan of reconstruction is wrong that tends to leave these old leaders in power.

I know that it is hard for one who has held the reins for so long to give up

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

The presidency of the United States is an incredible thing. You have an ability to effectuate change at the highest level.

There's something about a new family moving into the White House that's kind of interesting, even if you didn't vote for them.

No dictator can last forever. History shows that in the end, people around the dictator bring about change. Of course, a lot of high-ranking officials don't want change because they want to keep power. But there are other good people who want change. I believe they are waiting for the chance.

I took over from Sir Alex, and it was always going to take time, whoever was in charge.

I was there when Gordon Brown basically was taking over - so right in the middle of that transition. It was fantastic; I learnt a lot.

Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something. The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?" "No, Matthew. What do they say?" "The king is dead, that's what they say. The king is dead. Long live the king.